france Coronavirus: France records more than 60,000 cases France has recorded 60,486 coronavirus cases in one day, its highest one-day total since the pandemic began. The new figures bring the number of confirmed cases in the country to 1.7 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. A further 828 deaths were confirmed on Friday. Almost 40,000 people have now died from the virus in the country. France is one week into a second lockdown with the aim of curbing the spread of the virus. Under the lockdown restrictions, expected to be in place until 1 December, people can only leave their homes to go to work (if they cannot work from home), to buy essential goods, seek medical help or to exercise for one hour a day. All non-essential shops, restaurants and bars are shut, but schools and creches remain open. A curfew is in place between 21:00 (20:00 GMT) and 06:00 across much of the country. wales Coronavirus hospitalisations in Wales pass the peak of the first wave in grim NHS milestone There are currently 1,365 people with covid-related symptoms in Welsh hospitals The number of covid-related patients in hospital this week in Wales passed the peak point of the first wave in April. The grim milestone was announced by Health Secretary Vaughan Gething when he addressed the daily Welsh Government briefing on Friday (November 6). He said: "This week, the NHS passed the April peak point. On Wednesday, there were more covid-related patients in hospital than there were at the peak in April. "This includes people with suspected and confirmed coronavirus and people recovering from the virus. "The numbers have fallen slightly as a result of discharges and sadly some deaths." He added that there are currently 1,365 people with covid-related symptoms in Welsh hospitals, which is 169 higher than at this time last week. There are large variation in cases of coronavirus across Wales, with very high rates in the South Wales Valleys – particularly in Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and Blaenau Gwent – and lower rates in more rural areas of West and North Wales.

cdc CDC Report: Officials Knew Coronavirus Test Was Flawed But Released It Anyway On Feb. 6, a scientist in a small infectious disease lab on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention campus in Atlanta was putting a coronavirus test kit through its final paces. The lab designed and built the diagnostic test in record time, and the little vials that contained necessary reagents to identify the virus were boxed up and ready to go. But NPR has learned the results of that final quality control test suggested something troubling — it said the kit could fail 33% of the time. Under normal circumstances, that kind of result would stop a test in its tracks, half a dozen public and private lab officials told NPR. But an internal CDC review obtained by NPR confirms that lab officials decided to release the kit anyway. The revelation comes from a CDC internal review, known as a "root-cause analysis," which the agency conducted to understand why an early coronavirus test didn't work properly and wound up costing scientists precious weeks in the early days of a pandemic.